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Photographs
1854
Photograph of Giovanni Battista Gigliucci and his wife Clara Anastasia Gigliucci née Novello, mounted on cardboard.
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla
14 Aug 1874
Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, recounting a letter she had received from Mrs. Berry, telling of a trip to Hastings with her children, from which she q...
GIGLIUCCI, Giovanni Battista
1854-1891
Typescript of the autobiography of Giovanni Battista Gigliucci and a photograph of Giovanni Battista Gigliucci and his wife Clara Anastasia Gigliucci (née Novello).
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla
7 Aug 1874
Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, noting that Sabilla's letters of the 3 and 4 August had arrived that morning as a result of new postal arrangements bet...
Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Charles & Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria
2 Nov 1867
Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke and her husband Charles Cowden Clarke, thanking them for their good wishes.
'An Idyll of London Streets' by Mary Cowden Clarke
8 Jul 1869
Prose story titled 'An Idyll of London Streets' by Mary Cowden Clarke, written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy, and dated 8 July 1869.
Fragment of postage label from the Manchester Examiner
1882
Fragment of postage label with a half penny stamp from the Manchester Examiner, addressed to Mrs. C. Clarke, Villa Novello. The post mark dates it to 1882.
Notes
1835-1887
Examples of (Joseph) Alfred Novello's address at 69 Dean Street, Soho, a sketch of Bruges, notes on his sister Clara Anastasia Novello and Antoine Cason and a drawing of a maze or puzzle.
Legal
1888-1903
Copies of (Mary) Sabillla Novello's Will, letters of instruction to her Exectutor and beneficiaries and a draft memo in her hand regarding the legal and financial position of her sister Emma Aloysia N...
A Collection of Dances
1815
One volume of manuscript music bound in brown leather, titled 'A Collection of Dances, Composed for his Children by V. Novello'. Sold by Cabusac & Sons, 196 Strand, London. Presented to Porzia Gigliuc...
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Ollier, Edmund
15 Aug 1881
Draft handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to Edmund Ollier, recording her imminent return to Italy from London and her gratitude to Ollier for his letter about Percy and Mary Shelley.
Poetry
1869-1903
Poems, verses, acrostics, riddles and epigrams written by (Mary) Sabilla Novello, often as birthday gifts for her family and friends. The majority were written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy, during...